La Biennale di Venezia

The history

Founded as a cultural society in 1895 with the organisation of the first Art Exhibition in the world, in order to stimulate artistic activity and the art market in the city of Venice and the unified Italian state, the Venice Biennale still aims to promote new artistic trends and organises international events in contemporary arts.

The initiative was started by a group of Venetian intellectuals led by the mayor of the time, Riccardo Selvatico, who, with a resolution of the Venice City Council of 19 April 1893, proposed to ‘establish a national art biennial exhibition’. Over the years, the multidisciplinary nature of the Biennale grew and today it organises in all its Sectors – Art (1895), Architecture (1980), Cinema (1932), Dance (1999), Theatre (1934), Music (1930) – exhibition, performance, research and training activities.

The program

BIENNALE ARTE 2024
Venice, 20.04 – 24.11 2024

BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2023
Venice, 20.05 – 26.11 2023
18TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

BIENNALE CINEMA 2023
Lido di Venezia, 30.08 – 9.09 2023
80TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BIENNALE DANZA 2023
Venice, 13.07 – 29.07 2023
17TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE

BIENNALE MUSICA 2023
Venice, 16.10 – 29.10 2023
67TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

BIENNALE TEATRO 2023
Venice, 15.06 – 1.07 2023
51ST INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

Photo: La Biennale di Venezia, Venice